00:00She set those women free, and I think by setting them free, she set herself free.
00:19Let's start with AFFECT. You are amazing.
00:23So I want to know how really can you give so much sass to your character?
00:31You're amazing. The walk, the look. You're amazing.
00:34How do you do that?
00:37You know, the writing and the script was great.
00:41I've read the book. I've seen the play. I've seen the movie.
00:45I did not watch any of anything before this because I wanted to have fresh eyes.
00:51I know that so many people have portrayed the beloved Suge Avery, and I wanted to make her mine.
00:59And I wanted to make her fresh because I'm a good mimicker.
01:01If I watch you long enough, I will have your accent down and I'll walk like you.
01:06And I know that about me.
01:08So whenever I'm doing it, this is like the third remake I've done.
01:12I never watched the original.
01:13So I couldn't watch the original because I wanted it to be mine.
01:18And, you know, I really am a huge admirer of women of that era.
01:22I thought that's when we were our sexiest because the sexy was from the inside out.
01:27It wasn't about skin and how tight your dress was.
01:31I mean, we were buttoned up and women were still beautiful, sexy, and classy.
01:34So I'm always eager to play a woman of, you know, earlier time period.
01:40You know, Alice Walker created such an amazing character.
01:46And like I said, I just wanted to make her mine.
01:49So if you see a little, some, you know, you see Suge's pain, some of my pain might bleed through.
01:55You know, you see her joy, some of mine might bleed through, you know.
01:59So, you know, sometimes you have to pull from your own life experiences because I didn't live during that time,
02:06you know.
02:07In the movie, they say that a woman like this one are loose women.
02:14How important is being a loose woman in your opinion?
02:18Well, I mean, loose, that's a, you know, everybody has their opinion of what that is, right?
02:24It's subjective.
02:25Like, you know, nowadays the roles kind of flip.
02:31Like women can do what they want now.
02:33You know, back then it was not, it was frowned upon for women to live their lives like men sexually.
02:41And what I really loved about Suge is that she knew who she was as a woman.
02:47Even with her trauma, she was comfortable in her sexuality.
02:51She still knew God.
02:54She loved herself.
02:55She was a change maker.
02:57She came to that town and lifted everybody's spirits and changed Celie.
03:02Showed Celie how beautiful she was, you know, and Squeak.
03:08And she, she set those women free.
03:11And I think by setting them free, she set herself free.
03:14Suge says to Celie, let's go see the world.
03:18And she brings her to a movie theater.
03:21Yeah.
03:21Do you really believe that we can see the world through a big screen?
03:26And a movie like this one really can help to understand better the world.
03:30Oh, absolutely.
03:32I mean, especially if you can't afford to travel.
03:35You know what I mean?
03:36I love watching foreign films, you know, watching films about a group of people that I never met
03:42or may never get a chance to go to this little remote place on this big, you know, land, you
03:48know.
03:48So I think, sure, that's a great way to find out about other cultures from other areas.
03:55That's how you get to travel in your mind through movies, in my opinion.
04:00Thank you so much.
04:01You're amazing.
04:02I hope you deserve at least an Oscar nomination.
04:06Thank you.
04:07Thank you.
04:08Thank you so much.
04:10Bye.
04:10Bye.
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